Bubble Algae

[BigReefer]

Hey Family

I seem to have the nastly bubble tip algae in my nano ... I have gotten emerald crabs to help control this ... they seem like they are the lazyest crabs out there lol ... but anyways its getting worse ... so I was thinking of taking all the rocks out scrapping all off it off the rocks ....In the nano thats not a big deal but if something ever happened say in my 150 thats 30inchs deep not easy to get rock out of the tank .... so I was wondering what you guys/gals did to help this issue ...

any help would be awesome

inside the nano

fish
2 snowflake clowns
1 watchman goby
1 6line wrasse

corals
forg spawn
anem
and a bunch of zoas

inverts
4 emeralds _- you would think one would help.. lol
1 pepperment shrimp
snails
1 conch




HELP

 

[Pistol]

I use this, I turn off all circulation and siphon them out, try not to break the bubbles but if you do you suck the spores out anyway.
I made it from an old scraper handle I had, I sharpened the end so I can gouge them off the rock if necessary.

 

[TORX]

If one pops, yikes. I manually remove bubbles out of the tank. Scary thing though as one mistake could be real bad. If in tank, cut at base, carefully, while siphoning the bubble out. Good luck. Glad to be rid of it myself. Never had any in my new tank

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[MrHermit85]

I had a foxface that would take care of mine. Sold the foxface and the algae exploded. Emerald crabs never helped much so would take a rock out at a time and suck it off in a separate container.
After many months of trying I lost the battle lol.

I am sure you should be able manage whatever there is in a nano tank though!

 

[BigReefer]

foxface eh hmmmmm might think of that ... what other fish eat them i wonder ... would tangs ??? hmmm

 

[BigReefer]

Valonia macrophysa forms dark green, branching, unicellular vesicles under ½ inch thick and up to an inch or so in length. The vesicles are roughly clavate (club-shaped), with much distortion, swelling towards a usually very-rounded top end. Given the dense packing of the vesicles, only these tops are visible, and the mistaken impression of spherical vesicles is easily obtained. The species enjoys a global distribution, from the Indian Ocean through the Western Pacific into Tahiti, throughout the Caribbean, throughout the Mediterranean out to the Canary Islands in the eastern Atlantic. Relatively weak anchorage to hard substrates allows for the often-easy manual removal of several vesicles at a time.


Valonia utricularis bears somewhat-curving, clavate, branching vesicles sometimes reaching 2 inches in length but usually only ¼ inch thick. These vesicles tend to be clustered loosely, many vesicles lying nearly prone and thence sending out upright vesicles, thus their elongated shape is easier to perceive. This alga shares geographical distribution with V. macrophysa, and indeed, there are suggestions that the two are actually manifestations of a single, polymorphic species. Anchorage is relatively weak (except on highly convoluted, hard substrate), but the prone position of vesicles increases the chance of rupture when attempting the removal of whole clumps of vesicles.

 

[BigReefer]

thats the one i got

 

[Kyle1970]

Manual removal is the best.
Loosen off and siphon out as many as possible with each water change. Very careful as to not break any of the bubbles.
Never had any luck in any of my tanks with emeralds or other crabs as a means to control.
Once mine were gone, I was just very careful to not reintroduce.

 

[BigReefer]

the problem is i dont even know how i got it .... the rock i had in there was years old ....

i am have confused

 

[heath]

can you maybe take the whole rock out and let it dry up and then scrape them off or are they on a lot of the rock...

 

[heath]

if someone could figure out where and how this stuff came from they would be very, very rich, its like the Cadbury secret, lol...

 

[BigReefer]

the problem is i have coral all over them

 

[EricTMah]

The small siphon tube Pistol uses is probably the easiest way to manually remove them. You'll need to stay on top of it weekly or they'll just come right back quickly.

My foxface also eats it like crazy. He will pop them and eat majority of it. Then my yellow tang will clean the rock up almost completely.

I've tried emeralds in the past and they just can't consume it fast enough to make any difference at all. Foxface I found to be the best solution

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[unibob]

foxface eh hmmmmm might think of that ... what other fish eat them i wonder ... would tangs ??? hmmm

I have trained naso tangs to eat it. Don't feed for a few days, then manually remove a few and toss into water as if you are feeding tank.


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[MrHermit85]

foxface eh hmmmmm might think of that ... what other fish eat them i wonder ... would tangs ??? hmmm

Lol I wasn't suggesting a foxface but more saying that for my situation the best solution was a ravenous pig like a foxface as the algae had spread so quick that i couldn't remove it quick enough.

I am not sure whether there are good herbivore fish for Nanos, maybe blennies? But in a nano your best sure fire way would be to physically remove it as it grows.

 

[EricTMah]

Oops. Didn't notice it was a nano.

Like Mrhermit said. Manual removal will be your best bet.

Sony Xperia Z3

 

[BigReefer]

argh sighs ....

what about a sally light foot crab i heard good things